Rights of Workers and the Unemployed

Teaching

Pope Francis: "[Cities] are full of people who work, but also of people who don't find work, or who do jobs that are underpaid or without dignity....All have the right to be treated with the same attitude of welcoming and fairness because everyone carries human dignity."

Additional Catholic Teaching

The economy must serve people, not the other way around. Work is more than a way to make a living; it is a form of continuing participation in God's creation.

If the dignity of work is to be protected, then the basic rights of workers must be respected -- the right to productive work, to decent and fair wages, to the organization and joining of unions, to private property, and to economic initiative.

CST 101: DIGNITY OF WORK AND RIGHTS OF WORKERS

CST 101 is a collaborative 7-part video series presented by the USCCB and Catholic Relief Services on Catholic Social Teaching. Learn from Cardinal Sean O'Malley, Msgr. Ray East, and Joan Rosenhauer as they discuss the dignity of work and the rights of workers.